Planning appeal decision
10 Aintree Street, North Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE13 6PA
Planning appeal 3377690 at 10 Aintree Street, North Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE13 6PA (Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council) was allowed on 23 April 2026 by Inspector Kean G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the timber boundary fence exceeding 1 metre in height erected on the front boundary had been in situ for more than 4 years and was therefore lawful development.
Timber boundary fence exceeding 1 metre in height erected on the front boundary of the property adjacent to the highway
- Authority
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Kean G
- Postcode
- NE13 6PA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the timber boundary fence exceeding 1 metre in height erected on the front boundary had been in situ for more than 4 years and was therefore lawful development
What decided it
The Council's acceptance that the fence had been in situ and substantially complete for more than 4 years before the application was made, which established lawfulness under section 191(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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